Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

WORLD LEADER

Italian dictator who came to power after his successful March on Rome in 1922. He threw out his country's constitution in 1925 in favor of a dictatorship and he allied with Hitler during WWII. After the Allies invaded Italy, he was captured while trying to escape north in 1945 and hanged by Italian partisans in Milan. To avoid conscription, he moved to Switzerland in 1902 and worked as a stonemason. He is credited with founding Italian Fascism. He destroyed political opposition through his s

  • When was
    Benito Mussolini born?

    Benito Mussolini was born on Sunday, July 29, 1883

  • Where was
    Benito Mussolini born?

    Benito Mussolini was born in Predappio, Italy

  • How old is
    Benito Mussolini?

    Benito Mussolini is 141

Best Quotes

  • War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.
  • The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building.
  • Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.
  • Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.
  • Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
  • The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.
  • If every age has its own characteristic doctrine, there are a thousand signs which point to Fascism as the characteristic doctrine of our time.

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